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Which group is being targeted negatively by swift in a modest proposal? and we have four groups here.
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We can start by ruling out d.
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Immigrants are not really mentioned in a modest proposal.
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It's all about the relations between ireland and england.
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Other countries are only briefly mentioned as a source for his idea of eating children.
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Looking at the others, practicing catholics.
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So in a modest proposal, he does talk about how the irish are mostly catholic, and therefore a side benefit of eating the children is getting rid of the catholics.
00:37
But of course this is satire.
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He doesn't really mean that.
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He's not targeting the catholics themselves.
00:43
He is targeting the wealthy protestants.
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So the main critique is on how indifferent the wealthy protestants are to the suffering of the poor...